Are you working from home during Covid-19?
Port Coquitlam Physio • January 27, 2021
Does your home office look like this? (Be honest!)
Try these tips to avoid corona-back.
- Don’t work from your couch or favourite reclining chair in your PJ’s and slippers. Jammies are good but bring them to a chair with a firm back.
- Lap tops should not be on your lap! Put your laptop on a table.
- Slide your bum to the back of the chair. Try putting a small pillow in the natural curve of your back. (Grab the one that has fallen into the divot on your couch where your bum used to be!) Make sure your flannel jammies are making contact with the pillow.
- Keep those slippers flat on the floor. If you can’t get your heels down, try putting a book or shoe box under
- your slippers. (Perhaps your unused 2020 entertainment guide?)
- Hips, knees, and elbows should be at 90 degrees,
- Adjustable arm rests are the BEST! But in a pinch any armrest will do. Try folding up hand towels and taping them to your armrests to lift your arms and unload your shoulders if your armrests are too low
- Your monitor should be set at eye-level or slightly below. (Do you need another entertainment guide?) Be careful not to bend your neck too much as you try to see past your bangs which haven’t been trimmed in 6 weeks.
- Headset! Headset! Headset!
- Turn off your video option during those zoom conferences and walk around. At least stand up every 30 minutes. Put your hands in the small of your back and gently stretch back 2 or 3 times.
We hope you are able to social distance from your back pain with these simple home office Physio tips!
We are here to help you with your aches and pains during covid-19. Call or email us with your questions. We are also offering video conference sessions. (PJ’s are welcome!) You can email your Virtual Physiotherapist or Kinesiologist directly.
Congratulations to our physiotherapist, Laurie Vanderhoeven on winning the 300 m hurdles at the 2022 Canadian Masters Track and Field Championships in Regina on July 31.
In 2018 we were honoured to be selected as Small Business of the Year in Port Coquitlam. Thank you to all of our patients and staff – it is our privilege and pleasure to be your physiotherapy provider! Launched in 2013, the PoCo Best Biz Awards recognize the contributions of local businesses, celebrate their accomplishments, and encourage Port Coquitlam residents to shop locally for goods and services. Congratulations to all past and present PoCo Best Biz Awards winners and nominees!
The third annual Poco Grand Prix, a part of BC Superweek, and 2018 saw Canada’s first pro cycling races go at night under the lights!
